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 LITTLE
ROCK - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has streamlined the hunting
license system. Previous hunting licenses expired a year from the date
of purchase. Under the new system, hunting licenses will expire June 30
each year. The new annual big game license will have seven tags attached
to it. Three tags will be used for the 2005 deer season, two for fall
2005 turkey season and two for spring 2006 turkey season.
Other hunting licenses will have an appropriate number of tags depending
on the specific license. Sportsmen who bought licenses during the first
six months of 2005 have been mailed a new license that expires June 30,
2006, including a set of game tags.
Tagging your deer:
Immediately upon taking a deer, and
before moving game, the hunter must remove the appropriate deer tag from
his license and fill out the required information legibly in ink. The
tag must be securely fastened to the ear or antler of a deer. (Common
wire twist ties work well in attaching the tag to the deer). The tag
must remain on the deer until final processing and storage by the
hunter.
Those who hold the 65 Plus License or the Disabled License, resident and
non-resident hunters under 16 and Mississippi license holders hunting
under the Reciprocal Hunting License Agreement must either use the tags
provided in the Arkansas Hunting Guidebook, or substitute a piece of
paper displaying the hunter’s name, the date, time and zone number from
where the deer was taken. Non-resident hunters under 16 must purchase a
license and replace their temporary tag with an official license tag
after harvesting a deer.
Within 24 hours of taking a deer, check your own game at a designated
wildlife check station, at a designated deer camp, with an AGFC employee
or at www.agfc.com. Members of deer camps in the Check Sheet
Program must check deer on camp check sheets within four hours. Entrails
may be removed, but evidence of the animal’s gender must remain. Deer
may be quartered in the field, but the head must be retained with the
remainder of the carcass.
No big game animal may be transported across state lines prior to being
properly checked, unless normal travel routes require the hunter to
cross a state line in direct route to an official wildlife check
station.
For more information or to buy a license, call (800) 364-4263 (during
normal business hours) or visit
www.agfc.com. |
